Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth took the lectern at the Pentagon briefing room on Thursday morning with two goals. He wanted to present evidence of the success of the American attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, pushing back against a preliminary defence intelligence assessment that suggested the strikes were less effective. And he wanted to berate the...
Over the past several months, many Trump officials have suggested that the administration could ignore court orders. In an appearance before the House Armed Services Committee on Thursday, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth refused to answer questions on whether the Trump administration would abide by future potential judicial rulings that could limit the deployment of...
Betty McCallum fooled around with Pete Hegseth. And then she found out why that was a very bad idea — especially while trying to paint the Minneapolis riots as some kind of success for local and state government. Hegseth appeared before a House panel to discuss the defense budget. Instead of asking Hegseth about spending,...
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has warned of China posing an “imminent” threat to Taiwan, while urging Asian countries to boost defence spending and work with the US to deter war. Hegseth also said that while the US does not “seek to dominate or strangle China”, the US would not be pushed out of...
Reporters are prohibited from entering Pentagon locations unless they’re accompanied by Trump administration personnel. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has pledged to do his part in making the Trump administration the most transparent in history, issued a memo Friday imposing tight restrictions on reporters’ movements at the Pentagon in an apparent bid to crack...
BOOMITY Answers and accountability are coming. After three months of the Department of Defense engaging in a review of what Hegseth rightly calls ‘this catastrophic event in our military’s history,‘ he has ordered Sean Parnell, Assistant to SecDef for Public Affairs and Senior Advisor, to convene a Special Review Panel for a comprehensive review. U.S....
Not one, not two, but three of my books have been removed and banned from the United States Naval Academy’s Nimitz Library by the order of President Donald Trump’s appointed defense secretary and former Fox News host Pete Hegseth. The New York Times reports that 378 others were also removed. Naval students and sailors must...
It’s a wonder that President Trump and his team haven’t been driven out of office by now. He and they would have been if the Pravda Media had their way. You got me beat ???? — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 30, 2025 Buried in the news that Trump and his team get almost nothing but...
    Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth finds himself under fire again — this time from political skeptics or foes across the political spectrum. But just as the case was during the recent presidential transition period, when Trump opponents resuscitated the discredited 2018 Brett Kavanaugh/Christine Blasey Ford playbook in an attempt to derail...
A trio of Democratic senators on Thursday demanded answers from embattled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth regarding U.S. airstrikes in Yemen, which have reportedly killed scores of civilians including numerous women and children since last month. “We write to you concerning reports that U.S. strikes against the Houthis at the Ras Isa fuel terminal in Yemen...
Why are they gunning for this guy? *snickers* THIS IS WHY Everyone who has been serving on Department of Defense advisory committees is to be thanked for their service and told that said service ‘is concluded‘ aka ‘out of a cushy post.’ Of course, there’s going to be all sorts of caterwauling about the move....
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth shared information about US air strikes on Yemen in a second private group on the Signal app, the BBC’s US partner CBS has confirmed with sources familiar with the messages. The messages, sent on 15 March, included flight schedules for American F/A-18 Hornets carrying out strikes on Houthi targets. The...